N. Watanabe

Publication List Details

Period

1982 - 2008

Number

140

Co-Authors

Eighth-Order Vacuum-Polarization Function Formed by Two Light-by-Light-Scattering Diagrams and its Contribution to the Tenth-Order Electron g-2 (2008)

Aoyama, T., Hayakawa, M., Kinoshita, T., Nio, M., Watanabe, N.

We have evaluated the contribution to the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron from six tenth-order Feynman diagrams which contain eighth-order vacuum-polarization function formed by two...

Structural effects of ice grain surfaces on the hydrogenation of CO at low temperatures (2008)

Hidaka, H., Miyauchi, N., Kouchi, A., Watanabe, N.

Experiments on the hydrogenation of CO on crystalline and amorphous ice at 15 K were carried out to investigate the structural effects of the ice surface. The effective rate of H atom addition to CO...

Formation of hydrogen peroxide and water from the reaction of cold hydrogen atoms with solid oxygen at 10K (2008)

Miyauchi, N., Hidaka, H., Chigai, T., Nagaoka, A., Watanabe, N., Kouchi, A.

The reactions of cold H atoms with solid O2 molecules were investigated at 10 K. The formation of H2O2 and H2O has been confirmed by in-situ infrared spectroscopy. We found that the reaction proceeds...

Cross-cultural study of conviction subtype taijin kyofu: Proposal and reliability of nagoya-osaka diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder (2008)

Kinoshita, Y., Chen, J., Rapee, R.M., Bögels, S., Schneier, F.R., Choy, Y., ...

Conviction subtype Taijin-Kyofu (c-TK) is a subgroup of mental disorder characterized by conviction and strong fear of offending others in social situations. Although the concept of c-TK overlaps...

A STUDY ON TEMPO-SPATIAL CHANGE OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE HUMAN ACTIVITY AND PALEO ENVIRONMENT IN JOMON PERIOD, JAPAN (2007)

N. Watanabe

This paper refers to the prehistorical interaction of human and environments through the reconstruction of spatial structure of the site- catchment over the archaeological sites. The aim of the study...

Temperature, composition, and hydrogen isotope effect in the hydrogenation of CO on amorphous ice surface at 10-20 K. (2007)

Hidaka, H., Kouchi, A., Watanabe, N.

An experiment on the addition reaction of a D atom (deuteration) to CO on a cold ice surface is performed by deuterium atom exposure of three types of samples (pure solid CO, CO-capped H2O ice, and...

Temperature, composition, and hydrogen isotope effect in the hydrogenation of CO on amorphous ice surface at 10-20 K. (2007)

Hidaka, H., Kouchi, A., Watanabe, N.

An experiment on the addition reaction of a D atom (deuteration) to CO on a cold ice surface is performed by deuterium atom exposure of three types of samples (pure solid CO, CO-capped H2O ice, and...

P.1. Supraventricular Arrhythmias: P.1.8 Carto System Reduced Chronic Recurrence Rate of Typical AFL Ablations (2005)

Asano, T., Kobayashi, Y., Miyushi, F., Matsuyama, T., Watanabe, N., Ryu, S., ...

Background The recurrence rate after ablation of typical atrial flutter (AFL) is still higher than that of other supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. The purpose of the present study was to determine...

3. Vasovagal Syncope, Tilt Testing: 3.5 Comparison of Adenosine and Isoproterenol Tilt Testing in Patients with Unexplained Syncope (2005)

Watanabe, N., Kobayashi, Y., Ito, H., Onuki, T., Miyoshi, F., Ryu, S., ...

Objective It is not clear whether a 3-minute single– stage Adenosine tilt (ATP tilt) test is useful to diagnose patients with unexplained syncope. Isoproterenol (ISP) is often utilized to induce...

P.3. Basic Science, Sudden Death Risk Stratification and Ventricular Arrhythmias: P.3.25 Effect of Epicardial Catheter Ablation in the Vicinity of Coronary Artery in Pigs (2005)

Kawamura, M., Kobayash, Y., Miyoshi, F., Matsuyama, T., Watanabe, N., Ryu, S., ...

Objectives Transthoracic epicardial ablation is an emerging catheter ablation strategy being used clinically at increasing frequency. This study evaluates the effects of epicardial RF ablation in the...

EFFECT OF CALCIUM TRISODIUM DTPA IN RATS WITH PUNCTURE WOUND CONTAMINATED BY 90Y-CHLORIDE (2005)

Watanabe, N., Tanada, S., Sasaki, Y.

The efficacy of diethylenetriaminepentaacetate calcium trisodium (CaNa3DTPA) in a dose of 34.7 µmol kg-1 as a function of its route of administration was investigated in rats with a puncture wound...

A Nucleotide Substitution Responsible for the Tawny Coat Color Mutation Carried by the MSKR Inbred Strain of Mice (2005)

Wada, A., Kunieda, T., Nishimura, M., Kakizoe-Ishida, Y., Watanabe, N., Ohkawa, K., ...

“Tawny” is an autosomal recessive coat color mutation found in a wild population of Mus musculus molossinus. The inbred strain MSKR carries the mutation. The causative gene Mc1rtaw of the tawny...

A Nucleotide Substitution Responsible for the Tawny Coat Color Mutation Carried by the MSKR Inbred Strain of Mice (2005)

Wada, A., Kunieda, T., Nishimura, M., Kakizoe-Ishida, Y., Watanabe, N., Ohkawa, K., ...

"Tawny" is an autosomal recessive coat color mutation found in a wild population of Mus musculus molossinus. The inbred strain MSKR carries the mutation. The causative gene Mc1rtaw of the tawny...

Effect of calcium trisodium DTPA in rats with puncture wound contaminated by 90Y-chloride (2005)

Watanabe, N., Tanada, S., Sasaki, Y.

The efficacy of diethylenetriaminepentaacetate calcium trisodium (CaNa3DTPA) in a dose of 34.7 μmol kg−1 as a function of its route of administration was investigated in rats with a puncture wound...

EFFECT OF CALCIUM TRISODIUM DTPA IN RATS WITH PUNCTURE WOUND CONTAMINATED BY 90Y-CHLORIDE (2005)

Watanabe, N., Tanada, S., Sasaki, Y.

The efficacy of diethylenetriaminepentaacetate calcium trisodium (CaNa3DTPA) in a dose of 34.7 µmol kg-1 as a function of its route of administration was investigated in rats with a puncture wound...

Re-appearance of antiferromagnetic ordering with Zn and Ni substitution in La_{2-x}Sr_xCuO_4 (2003)

Machi, T., Kato, I., Hareyama, R., Watanabe, N., Itoh, Y., Koshizuka, N., ...

The effects of nonmagnetic Zn and magnetic Ni substitution for Cu site on magnetism are studied by measurements of uniform magnetic susceptibility for lightly doped La_{2-x}Sr_xCu_{1-z}M_zO_4 (M=Zn...

Zn-Neighbor Cu NQR in Zn-Substituted YBa2Cu3O7-d and YBa2Cu4O8 (2003)

Itoh, Y., Machi, T., Kasai, C., Adachi, S., Watanabe, N., Koshizuka, N., ...

We studied local electronic states near Zn in optimally doped YBa$_2$(Cu$_{1-x}$Zn_x)$_3$O$_{7-\delta}$ and underdoped YBa$_2$(Cu$_{1-x}$Zn_x)$_4$O$_8$ via satellite signals of plane-site Cu(2)...

Zn-doping dependence of the wipeout region around Zn in YBa2(Cu1-xZnx)4O8 (2001)

Itoh, Y., Machi, T., Watanabe, N., Adachi, S., Kasai, C., Koshizuka, N.

We estimated the spread of the magnetically enhanced regions (wipeout regions) around Zn ions in high-Tc superconductors YBa2(Cu1-xZnx)4O8 (x=0, 0.005, 0.01, and 0.022) at T=4.2 K, via the planar...

Cu NQR study of host and guest spin dynamics in impurity-doped YBa2Cu4O8 (2001)

Itoh, Y., Machi, T., Watanabe, N., Koshizuka, N.

We present the planar 63Cu nuclear spin-lattice relaxation study of impurity-doped YBa2(Cu1-xMx)4O8 (M=Ni, Zn) at T=4.2-300 K with Cu nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) spin-echo technique. In the...

Spin Dynamics near the Superconductor-to-Insulator Transition in Impurity-Doped YBa2Cu4O8 (2001)

Itoh, Y., Machi, T., Watanabe, N., Adachi, S., Koshizuka, N.

We studied low-frequency spin dynamics near the impurity-induced superconductor-to-insulator transition for underdoped high-Tc superconductor YBa2(Cu1-xMx)4O8 (M=Ni, Zn) using the Cu nuclear...

ULF/ELF emissions observed in Japan, possibly associated with the Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan (2001)

K. Ohta, K. Umeda, N. Watanabe, M. Hayakawa

ULF/ELF emission observation has been performed at Nakatsugawa observatory (geographic coordinates; 35.4° N, 137.5° E, Gifu prefecture) since January 1999. The equipment consists of...

ULF/ELF emissions observed in Japan, possibly associated with the Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan (2001)

Ohta, K., Umeda, K., Watanabe, N., Hayakawa, M.

ULF/ELF emission observation has been performed at Nakatsugawa observatory (geographic coordinates; 35.4° N, 137.5° E, Gifu prefecture) since January 1999. The equipment consists of...

ULF/ELF emissions observed in Japan, possibly associated with the Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan (2001)

Ohta, K., Umeda, K., Watanabe, N., Hayakawa, M.

ULF/ELF emission observation has been performed at Nakatsugawa observatory (geographic coordinates; 35.4° N, 137.5° E, Gifu prefecture) since January 1999. The equipment consists of...

A. W. Murray, Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 6, 872 (1994); W. A. E. Wells, Trends Cell Biol. 6, 228 (1996); A. D. Rudner and A. W. Murray, Curr. Opin. Cell Biol 8, 773 (1996). (1998)

Wang Zhai Ferrell, Trends Cell Biol, A. W. Murray, A. W. Murray, Curr Opin, ...

ine triphosphate (ATP) and 15 mM MgCl 2 . ATF2 (5 mg) and [g- P]ATP (1 mCi) were then added to the mixture, which was incubated for 10 min. Phosphorylated ATF2 was detected by electrophoresis and...

Uniaxial Transformation Behavior in Tension and Compression in an Fe-Based Shape Memory Alloy : Transformation Lines and Thermomechanical Hystereses (1997)

Nishimura, F., Watanabe, N., Tanaka, K.

The uniaxial thermomechanical behavior for a polycristalline Fe-9%Cr-5%Ni-14%Mn-6%Si (all wt.%) shape memory alloy is investigated for both tensile and compressive stress states. The martensite start...

Uniaxial Transformation Behavior in Tension and Compression in an Fe-Based Shape Memory Alloy : Transformation Lines and Thermomechanical Hystereses (1997)

Nishimura, F., Watanabe, N., Tanaka, K.

The uniaxial thermomechanical behavior for a polycristalline Fe-9%Cr-5%Ni-14%Mn-6%Si (all wt.%) shape memory alloy is investigated for both tensile and compressive stress states. The martensite start...

Uniaxial Transformation Behavior in Tension and Compression in an Fe-Based Shape Memory Alloy : Transformation Lines and Thermomechanical Hystereses (1997)

Nishimura, F., Watanabe, N., Tanaka, K.

The uniaxial thermomechanical behavior for a polycristalline Fe-9%Cr-5%Ni-14%Mn-6%Si (all wt.%) shape memory alloy is investigated for both tensile and compressive stress states. The martensite start...

Adenosine deaminase attenuates canine coronary vasodilatation during regional non-ischaemic myocardial hypoxia (1988)

MERRILL, GARY F, DOWNEY, H FRED, YONEKURA, S, WATANABE, N, JONES, CARL E

To test the hypothesis that adenosine contributes to the coronary hyperaemia produced by regional non-ischaemic myocardial hypoxia coronary blood flow and myocardial oxygen extraction and consumption...

Functional Deterioration of the Peritoneum: Does It Occur in the Absence of Peritonitis? (1987)

Ota, K., Mineshima, M., Watanabe, N., Naganuma, S.

Peritoneal function in relation to the occurrence of peritonitis and the osmolarity of the dialysate was studied in 72 CAPD patients with a mean duration of treatment of 16.5±9.0 months (group 1)....

AlxGa1-xAs/AlyGa1-yAs VISIBLE LASERS GROWN BY MOCVD (1982)

Mori, Y., Matsuda, O., Ikeda, M., Kaneko, K., Watanabe, N.

AlGaAs/AlGaAs double-heterostructure (DH) visible lasers with low threshold current densities have been grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). Proton-isolated narrow stripe visible...

NEUTRON DIFFRACTION STUDY OF AMORPHOUS BINARY ALLOYS (1982)

Mizoguchi, T., Nishioka, N., Yamada, S., Suemasa, T., Yoda, S., Akutsu, N., ...

For structural investigation of amorphous alloys TOF neutron diffraction experiments were carried out with the pulse neutron source at the National Laboratory for High Energy Physics in Japan....

AlxGa1-xAs/AlyGa1-yAs VISIBLE LASERS GROWN BY MOCVD (1982)

Mori, Y., Matsuda, O., Ikeda, M., Kaneko, K., Watanabe, N.

AlGaAs/AlGaAs double-heterostructure (DH) visible lasers with low threshold current densities have been grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). Proton-isolated narrow stripe visible...

NEUTRON DIFFRACTION STUDY OF AMORPHOUS BINARY ALLOYS (1982)

Mizoguchi, T., Nishioka, N., Yamada, S., Suemasa, T., Yoda, S., Akutsu, N., ...

For structural investigation of amorphous alloys TOF neutron diffraction experiments were carried out with the pulse neutron source at the National Laboratory for High Energy Physics in Japan....

AlxGa1-xAs/AlyGa1-yAs VISIBLE LASERS GROWN BY MOCVD (1982)

Mori, Y., Matsuda, O., Ikeda, M., Kaneko, K., Watanabe, N.

AlGaAs/AlGaAs double-heterostructure (DH) visible lasers with low threshold current densities have been grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). Proton-isolated narrow stripe visible...

NEUTRON DIFFRACTION STUDY OF AMORPHOUS BINARY ALLOYS (1982)

Mizoguchi, T., Nishioka, N., Yamada, S., Suemasa, T., Yoda, S., Akutsu, N., ...

For structural investigation of amorphous alloys TOF neutron diffraction experiments were carried out with the pulse neutron source at the National Laboratory for High Energy Physics in Japan....

Does superoxide underlie the pathogenesis of hypertension?

Nakazono, K, Watanabe, N, Matsuno, K, Sasaki, J, Sato, T, Inoue, M

Although active oxygen species play important roles in the pathogenesis of various diseases, the molecular mechanism for oxygen toxicity in vascular diseases remains to be elucidated. Since...

In vitro antimycobacterial activities of pyrazinamide analogs.

Yamamoto, S, Toida, I, Watanabe, N, Ura, T

We synthesized various pyrazine derivatives and pyrazinamide analogs and assayed their antimycobacterial activities in vitro in order to find new drugs which are more active against Mycobacterium...

In vitro and in vivo antibacterial activities of ER-35786, a new antipseudomonal carbapenem.

Ohba, F, Nakamura-Kamijo, M, Watanabe, N, Katsu, K

ER-35786 is a new parenteral 1 beta-methyl carbapenem with a broad antibacterial spectrum and a potent antipseudomonal activity. It showed high in vitro activity, comparable to those of meropenem and...

In vitro evaluation of E1040, a new cephalosporin with potent antipseudomonal activity.

Watanabe, N, Katsu, K, Moriyama, M, Kitoh, K

E1040 is a new parenteral cephalosporin with a broad antibacterial spectrum and potent antipseudomonal activity. The compound was four- to eightfold more active than ceftazidime and cefsulodin...

Both the changes of six amino acids and the C-terminal truncation caused by a one-base insertion in the defective env gene of Friend spleen focus-forming virus significantly affect the pathogenic activity of the encoded leukemogenic membrane glycoprotein (gp55).

Watanabe, N, Yugawa, T, Ikawa, Y, Amanuma, H

Friend spleen focus-forming virus (F-SFFV) causes acute erythroleukemia in mice and encodes in its defective env gene an Env-like membrane glycoprotein (gp55). The F-SFFV env gene has three...

In vitro evaluation of E1077, a new cephalosporin with a broad antibacterial spectrum.

Watanabe, N, Hiruma, R, Katsu, K

E1077 is a novel parenteral cephalosporin with a wide spectrum of potent antibacterial activity against aerobic and anaerobic gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Against methicillin-susceptible...

Loss of E-cadherin-dependent cell-cell adhesion due to mutation of the beta-catenin gene in a human cancer cell line, HSC-39.

Kawanishi, J, Kato, J, Sasaki, K, Fujii, S, Watanabe, N, Niitsu, Y

Detachment of cell-cell adhesion is indispensable for the first step of invasion and metastasis of cancer. This mechanism is frequently associated with the impairment of either E-cadherin expression...

A simian immunodeficiency virus envelope V3 cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitope in rhesus monkeys and its restricting major histocompatibility complex class I molecule Mamu-A*02.

Watanabe, N, McAdam, S N, Boyson, J E, Piekarczyk, M S, Yasutomi, Y, Watkins, D I, ...

The use of the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) macaque model for assessing human immunodeficiency virus vaccine strategies will be facilitated by the characterization of predominant SIV cytotoxic...

Conversion of Friend mink cell focus-forming virus to Friend spleen focus-forming virus by modification of the 3' half of the env gene.

Watanabe, N, Nishi, M, Ikawa, Y, Amanuma, H

The 3' half of the env gene of the dualtropic Friend mink cell focus-forming virus was modified by replacing the restriction enzyme fragment of the genome DNA with the corresponding fragment of the...

A deletion in the Friend spleen focus-forming virus env gene is necessary for its product (gp55) to be leukemogenic.

Watanabe, N, Nishi, M, Ikawa, Y, Amanuma, H

To determine the biological significance of the 585-base-pair deletion in the env gene of Friend spleen focus-forming virus (SFFV) encoding a leukemogenic glycoprotein (gp55), we examined the...

Requirement of the single base insertion at the 3' end of the env-related gene of Friend spleen focus-forming virus for pathogenic activity and its effect on localization of the glycoprotein product (gp55).

Amanuma, H, Watanabe, N, Nishi, M, Ikawa, Y

In order to obtain evidence for the essential role of the single base insertion occurring at the 3' end of the env-related gene of Friend spleen focus-forming virus (SFFV) encoding the leukemogenic...

Protective immunity and eosinophilia in IgE-deficient SJA/9 mice infected with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis and Trichinella spiralis.

Watanabe, N, Katakura, K, Kobayashi, A, Okumura, K, Ovary, Z

To elucidate the roles of IgE antibody in host responses to helminth infection, selective IgE-deficient SJA/9 mice were infected with the nematode parasites Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, which...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis in mast cell-deficient W/Wv mice.

Katakura, K, Saito, S, Hamada, A, Matsuda, H, Watanabe, N

Genetically mast cell-deficient W/Wv mice infected with Leishmania amazonensis showed progressive development of ulcerative skin lesions. However, no significant differences between the W/Wv mice and...

beta-Lactam resistance of motile Aeromonas isolates from clinical and environmental sources.

Morita, K, Watanabe, N, Kurata, S, Kanamori, M

The MICs of various beta-lactams for 182 isolates of Aeromonas species, i.e., A. hydrophila (n = 101), A. sobria (n = 69), and A. caviae (n = 12), from clinical and environmental sources were...

Induction of the transcription factor IRF-1 and interferon-beta mRNAs by cytokines and activators of second-messenger pathways.

Fujita, T, Reis, L F, Watanabe, N, Kimura, Y, Taniguchi, T, Vilcek, J

Nuclear protein IRF-1 (interferon regulatory factor 1) was earlier shown to bind to cis-acting regulatory elements present on interferon (IFN)-alpha/beta genes and some IFN-inducible genes. Here we...

Replication timing: histone genes replicate during early S phase in cleavage-stage embryos of sea urchin.

Watanabe, N, Akasaka, K, Shiroya, T, Obinata, M, Shimada, H

Newly synthesized DNA was separated from the bulk of the DNA by pulse-labeling with BUdR and centrifugation in an alkaline CsCl buoyant density gradient. The content of histone gene in the newly...

Regulation of immunoglobulin E production in mice immunized with an extract of Toxoplasma gondii.

Watanabe, N, Kobayashi, A

Repeated infection with Toxoplasma gondii could not induce immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibody production. When mice were injected intraperitoneally twice over a 3-week interval with an extract of...

Activation of IFN-beta element by IRF-1 requires a posttranslational event in addition to IRF-1 synthesis.

Watanabe, N, Sakakibara, J, Hovanessian, A G, Taniguchi, T, Fujita, T

Expression of the Type I IFN (i.e., IFN-alpha s and IFN-beta) genes is efficiently induced by viruses at the transcriptional level. This induction is mediated by at least two types of positive...

Nonspecific suppression of primary antibody responses and presence of plastic-adherent suppressor cells in Toxoplasma gondii-infected mice.

Suzuki, Y, Watanabe, N, Kobayashi, A

The effect of Toxoplasma infection on primary antibody responses to both T-dependent and T-independent antigens was examined in mice. Drastic suppression of primary responses to sheep erythrocytes...

Nonspecific suppression of initiation of memory cells in Toxoplasma gondii-infected mice.

Suzuki, Y, Watanabe, N, Kobayashi, A

The effect of Toxoplasma infection on initiation and expression of memory cells to dinitrophenol (DNP)-conjugated protein antigens in humoral immune responses was studied in mice. Marked suppression...

Regulation of the human WEE1Hu CDK tyrosine 15-kinase during the cell cycle.

Watanabe, N, Broome, M, Hunter, T

In higher eukaryotes, the cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are negatively regulated by phosphorylation on threonine 14 (T14) and tyrosine 15 (Y15). In fission yeast, the Wee1 and mitosis inhibitory...

Thiopeptin, a New Feed-Additive Antibiotic: Biological Studies and Field Trials

Mine, K., Miyairi, N., Takano, N., Mori, S., Watanabe, N.

Thiopeptin is a new antibiotic, produced by Streptomyces tateyamensis and developed solely for animal use as a feed additive. The antibiotic content in animal tissue and feed was assayed in terms of...

The small GTP-binding protein Rho binds to and activates a 160 kDa Ser/Thr protein kinase homologous to myotonic dystrophy kinase.

Ishizaki, T, Maekawa, M, Fujisawa, K, Okawa, K, Iwamatsu, A, Fujita, A, ...

The small GTP-binding protein Rho functions as a molecular switch in the formation of focal adhesions and stress fibers, cytokinesis and transcriptional activation. The biochemical mechanism...

Staining pattern of type IV collagen and prognosis in early stage adenocarcinoma of the lung.

Watanabe, N, Nakajima, I, Abe, S, Ogura, S, Isobe, H, Kawakami, Y

AIMS--To examine the prognostic value of basement membrane expression in early stage adenocarcinoma of the lung. METHODS--Using antibodies to type IV collagen, basement membrane expression at the...

CD18/ICAM-1-dependent oxidative NF-kappaB activation leading to nitric oxide production in rat Kupffer cells cocultured with syngeneic hepatoma cells.

Kurose, I, Saito, H, Miura, S, Ebinuma, H, Higuchi, H, Watanabe, N, ...

Previous studies have indicated that nitric oxide (NO) released from Kupffer cells modulates biological viability of cocultured hepatoma cells. This study was designed to evaluate the mechanisms by...

Env-derived gp55 gene of Friend spleen focus-forming virus specifically induces neoplastic proliferation of erythroid progenitor cells.

Aizawa, S, Suda, Y, Furuta, Y, Yagi, T, Takeda, N, Watanabe, N, ...

A group of retroviruses carrying truncated viral genes has recently been suggested as the cause of new patterns of diseases. One such virus is the replication defective component of the Friend murine...

The 'second-codon rule' and autophosphorylation govern the stability and activity of Mos during the meiotic cell cycle in Xenopus oocytes.

Nishizawa, M, Okazaki, K, Furuno, N, Watanabe, N, Sagata, N

The c-mos proto-oncogene product, Mos, functions in both early (germinal vesicle breakdown) and late (metaphase II arrest) steps during meiotic maturation in Xenopus oocytes. In the early step, Mos...

p140mDia, a mammalian homolog of Drosophila diaphanous, is a target protein for Rho small GTPase and is a ligand for profilin.

Watanabe, N, Madaule, P, Reid, T, Ishizaki, T, Watanabe, G, Kakizuka, A, ...

Rho small GTPase regulates cell morphology, adhesion and cytokinesis through the actin cytoskeleton. We have identified a protein, p140mDia, as a downstream effector of Rho. It is a mammalian homolog...

Regulation of NFKB1 proteins by the candidate oncoprotein BCL-3: generation of NF-kappaB homodimers from the cytoplasmic pool of p50-p105 and nuclear translocation.

Watanabe, N, Iwamura, T, Shinoda, T, Fujita, T

The candidate oncoprotein BCL-3 has been shown to function as a transcriptional co-activator for homodimers of NF-kappaB p50 and p50B. We expressed BCL-3 ectopically in pro-B cell lines and found...

The masculinization of the fetus during pregnancy due to inhalation of diesel exhaust.

Watanabe, N, Kurita, M

This study was conducted to determine the impact of diesel exhaust inhalation on the fetus. Seventy-two pregnant rats and 18 nonpregnant rats were divided into three groups: a group exposed to total...

Cell signalling by oxidized lipids and the role of reactive oxygen species in the endothelium

Zmijewski, J.W., Landar, A., Watanabe, N., Dickinson, D.A., Noguchi, N., Darley-Usmar, V.M.

The controlled formation of ROS (reactive oxygen species) and RNS (reactive nitrogen species) is now known to be critical in cellular redox signalling. As with the more familiar...

Inhalation of diesel engine exhaust affects spermatogenesis in growing male rats.

Watanabe, N, Oonuki, Y

We conducted experiments to determine whether diesel engine exhaust affects reproductive endocrine function in growing rats. The rats were assigned to three groups: a group exposed to total diesel...

Does superoxide underlie the pathogenesis of hypertension?

Nakazono, K, Watanabe, N, Matsuno, K, Sasaki, J, Sato, T, Inoue, M

Although active oxygen species play important roles in the pathogenesis of various diseases, the molecular mechanism for oxygen toxicity in vascular diseases remains to be elucidated. Since...

In vitro antimycobacterial activities of pyrazinamide analogs.

Yamamoto, S, Toida, I, Watanabe, N, Ura, T

We synthesized various pyrazine derivatives and pyrazinamide analogs and assayed their antimycobacterial activities in vitro in order to find new drugs which are more active against Mycobacterium...

In vitro and in vivo antibacterial activities of ER-35786, a new antipseudomonal carbapenem.

Ohba, F, Nakamura-Kamijo, M, Watanabe, N, Katsu, K

ER-35786 is a new parenteral 1 beta-methyl carbapenem with a broad antibacterial spectrum and a potent antipseudomonal activity. It showed high in vitro activity, comparable to those of meropenem and...

In vitro evaluation of E1040, a new cephalosporin with potent antipseudomonal activity.

Watanabe, N, Katsu, K, Moriyama, M, Kitoh, K

E1040 is a new parenteral cephalosporin with a broad antibacterial spectrum and potent antipseudomonal activity. The compound was four- to eightfold more active than ceftazidime and cefsulodin...

Both the changes of six amino acids and the C-terminal truncation caused by a one-base insertion in the defective env gene of Friend spleen focus-forming virus significantly affect the pathogenic activity of the encoded leukemogenic membrane glycoprotein (gp55).

Watanabe, N, Yugawa, T, Ikawa, Y, Amanuma, H

Friend spleen focus-forming virus (F-SFFV) causes acute erythroleukemia in mice and encodes in its defective env gene an Env-like membrane glycoprotein (gp55). The F-SFFV env gene has three...

In vitro evaluation of E1077, a new cephalosporin with a broad antibacterial spectrum.

Watanabe, N, Hiruma, R, Katsu, K

E1077 is a novel parenteral cephalosporin with a wide spectrum of potent antibacterial activity against aerobic and anaerobic gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. Against methicillin-susceptible...

Loss of E-cadherin-dependent cell-cell adhesion due to mutation of the beta-catenin gene in a human cancer cell line, HSC-39.

Kawanishi, J, Kato, J, Sasaki, K, Fujii, S, Watanabe, N, Niitsu, Y

Detachment of cell-cell adhesion is indispensable for the first step of invasion and metastasis of cancer. This mechanism is frequently associated with the impairment of either E-cadherin expression...

A simian immunodeficiency virus envelope V3 cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitope in rhesus monkeys and its restricting major histocompatibility complex class I molecule Mamu-A*02.

Watanabe, N, McAdam, S N, Boyson, J E, Piekarczyk, M S, Yasutomi, Y, Watkins, D I, ...

The use of the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) macaque model for assessing human immunodeficiency virus vaccine strategies will be facilitated by the characterization of predominant SIV cytotoxic...

Conversion of Friend mink cell focus-forming virus to Friend spleen focus-forming virus by modification of the 3' half of the env gene.

Watanabe, N, Nishi, M, Ikawa, Y, Amanuma, H

The 3' half of the env gene of the dualtropic Friend mink cell focus-forming virus was modified by replacing the restriction enzyme fragment of the genome DNA with the corresponding fragment of the...

A deletion in the Friend spleen focus-forming virus env gene is necessary for its product (gp55) to be leukemogenic.

Watanabe, N, Nishi, M, Ikawa, Y, Amanuma, H

To determine the biological significance of the 585-base-pair deletion in the env gene of Friend spleen focus-forming virus (SFFV) encoding a leukemogenic glycoprotein (gp55), we examined the...

Requirement of the single base insertion at the 3' end of the env-related gene of Friend spleen focus-forming virus for pathogenic activity and its effect on localization of the glycoprotein product (gp55).

Amanuma, H, Watanabe, N, Nishi, M, Ikawa, Y

In order to obtain evidence for the essential role of the single base insertion occurring at the 3' end of the env-related gene of Friend spleen focus-forming virus (SFFV) encoding the leukemogenic...

Protective immunity and eosinophilia in IgE-deficient SJA/9 mice infected with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis and Trichinella spiralis.

Watanabe, N, Katakura, K, Kobayashi, A, Okumura, K, Ovary, Z

To elucidate the roles of IgE antibody in host responses to helminth infection, selective IgE-deficient SJA/9 mice were infected with the nematode parasites Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, which...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis in mast cell-deficient W/Wv mice.

Katakura, K, Saito, S, Hamada, A, Matsuda, H, Watanabe, N

Genetically mast cell-deficient W/Wv mice infected with Leishmania amazonensis showed progressive development of ulcerative skin lesions. However, no significant differences between the W/Wv mice and...

beta-Lactam resistance of motile Aeromonas isolates from clinical and environmental sources.

Morita, K, Watanabe, N, Kurata, S, Kanamori, M

The MICs of various beta-lactams for 182 isolates of Aeromonas species, i.e., A. hydrophila (n = 101), A. sobria (n = 69), and A. caviae (n = 12), from clinical and environmental sources were...

Induction of the transcription factor IRF-1 and interferon-beta mRNAs by cytokines and activators of second-messenger pathways.

Fujita, T, Reis, L F, Watanabe, N, Kimura, Y, Taniguchi, T, Vilcek, J

Nuclear protein IRF-1 (interferon regulatory factor 1) was earlier shown to bind to cis-acting regulatory elements present on interferon (IFN)-alpha/beta genes and some IFN-inducible genes. Here we...

Replication timing: histone genes replicate during early S phase in cleavage-stage embryos of sea urchin.

Watanabe, N, Akasaka, K, Shiroya, T, Obinata, M, Shimada, H

Newly synthesized DNA was separated from the bulk of the DNA by pulse-labeling with BUdR and centrifugation in an alkaline CsCl buoyant density gradient. The content of histone gene in the newly...

Regulation of immunoglobulin E production in mice immunized with an extract of Toxoplasma gondii.

Watanabe, N, Kobayashi, A

Repeated infection with Toxoplasma gondii could not induce immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibody production. When mice were injected intraperitoneally twice over a 3-week interval with an extract of...

Activation of IFN-beta element by IRF-1 requires a posttranslational event in addition to IRF-1 synthesis.

Watanabe, N, Sakakibara, J, Hovanessian, A G, Taniguchi, T, Fujita, T

Expression of the Type I IFN (i.e., IFN-alpha s and IFN-beta) genes is efficiently induced by viruses at the transcriptional level. This induction is mediated by at least two types of positive...

Nonspecific suppression of primary antibody responses and presence of plastic-adherent suppressor cells in Toxoplasma gondii-infected mice.

Suzuki, Y, Watanabe, N, Kobayashi, A

The effect of Toxoplasma infection on primary antibody responses to both T-dependent and T-independent antigens was examined in mice. Drastic suppression of primary responses to sheep erythrocytes...

Nonspecific suppression of initiation of memory cells in Toxoplasma gondii-infected mice.

Suzuki, Y, Watanabe, N, Kobayashi, A

The effect of Toxoplasma infection on initiation and expression of memory cells to dinitrophenol (DNP)-conjugated protein antigens in humoral immune responses was studied in mice. Marked suppression...

Regulation of the human WEE1Hu CDK tyrosine 15-kinase during the cell cycle.

Watanabe, N, Broome, M, Hunter, T

In higher eukaryotes, the cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are negatively regulated by phosphorylation on threonine 14 (T14) and tyrosine 15 (Y15). In fission yeast, the Wee1 and mitosis inhibitory...

Thiopeptin, a New Feed-Additive Antibiotic: Biological Studies and Field Trials

Mine, K., Miyairi, N., Takano, N., Mori, S., Watanabe, N.

Thiopeptin is a new antibiotic, produced by Streptomyces tateyamensis and developed solely for animal use as a feed additive. The antibiotic content in animal tissue and feed was assayed in terms of...

The small GTP-binding protein Rho binds to and activates a 160 kDa Ser/Thr protein kinase homologous to myotonic dystrophy kinase.

Ishizaki, T, Maekawa, M, Fujisawa, K, Okawa, K, Iwamatsu, A, Fujita, A, ...

The small GTP-binding protein Rho functions as a molecular switch in the formation of focal adhesions and stress fibers, cytokinesis and transcriptional activation. The biochemical mechanism...

Staining pattern of type IV collagen and prognosis in early stage adenocarcinoma of the lung.

Watanabe, N, Nakajima, I, Abe, S, Ogura, S, Isobe, H, Kawakami, Y

AIMS--To examine the prognostic value of basement membrane expression in early stage adenocarcinoma of the lung. METHODS--Using antibodies to type IV collagen, basement membrane expression at the...

CD18/ICAM-1-dependent oxidative NF-kappaB activation leading to nitric oxide production in rat Kupffer cells cocultured with syngeneic hepatoma cells.

Kurose, I, Saito, H, Miura, S, Ebinuma, H, Higuchi, H, Watanabe, N, ...

Previous studies have indicated that nitric oxide (NO) released from Kupffer cells modulates biological viability of cocultured hepatoma cells. This study was designed to evaluate the mechanisms by...

Env-derived gp55 gene of Friend spleen focus-forming virus specifically induces neoplastic proliferation of erythroid progenitor cells.

Aizawa, S, Suda, Y, Furuta, Y, Yagi, T, Takeda, N, Watanabe, N, ...

A group of retroviruses carrying truncated viral genes has recently been suggested as the cause of new patterns of diseases. One such virus is the replication defective component of the Friend murine...

The 'second-codon rule' and autophosphorylation govern the stability and activity of Mos during the meiotic cell cycle in Xenopus oocytes.

Nishizawa, M, Okazaki, K, Furuno, N, Watanabe, N, Sagata, N

The c-mos proto-oncogene product, Mos, functions in both early (germinal vesicle breakdown) and late (metaphase II arrest) steps during meiotic maturation in Xenopus oocytes. In the early step, Mos...

p140mDia, a mammalian homolog of Drosophila diaphanous, is a target protein for Rho small GTPase and is a ligand for profilin.

Watanabe, N, Madaule, P, Reid, T, Ishizaki, T, Watanabe, G, Kakizuka, A, ...

Rho small GTPase regulates cell morphology, adhesion and cytokinesis through the actin cytoskeleton. We have identified a protein, p140mDia, as a downstream effector of Rho. It is a mammalian homolog...

Regulation of NFKB1 proteins by the candidate oncoprotein BCL-3: generation of NF-kappaB homodimers from the cytoplasmic pool of p50-p105 and nuclear translocation.

Watanabe, N, Iwamura, T, Shinoda, T, Fujita, T

The candidate oncoprotein BCL-3 has been shown to function as a transcriptional co-activator for homodimers of NF-kappaB p50 and p50B. We expressed BCL-3 ectopically in pro-B cell lines and found...

The masculinization of the fetus during pregnancy due to inhalation of diesel exhaust.

Watanabe, N, Kurita, M

This study was conducted to determine the impact of diesel exhaust inhalation on the fetus. Seventy-two pregnant rats and 18 nonpregnant rats were divided into three groups: a group exposed to total...

Inhalation of diesel engine exhaust affects spermatogenesis in growing male rats.

Watanabe, N, Oonuki, Y

We conducted experiments to determine whether diesel engine exhaust affects reproductive endocrine function in growing rats. The rats were assigned to three groups: a group exposed to total diesel...

Eosinophilia, IgE production, and cytokine production by lung T cells in surface CD4-deficient mutant mice infected with Toxocara canis.

Takamoto, M, Wang, Z X, Watanabe, N, Matsuzawa, A, Nariuchi, H, Sugane, K

Mutant mice deficient in CD4+ T cells and their normal and heterozygous littermates were infected with Toxocara canis, and compared for eosinophilia, total and Toxocara-specific immunoglobulin E...

Acceleration of IgE responses by treatment with recombinant interleukin-3 prior to infection with Trichinella spiralis in mice.

Korenaga, M, Watanabe, N, Abe, T, Hashiguchi, Y

Treatment of mice with recombinant interleukin-3 (rIL-3) accelerated an IL-4-dependent IgE production following infection with Trichinella spiralis. When mice were treated with a total of 1.5 x 10(4)...

Distribution of HLA-B27 in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

Mitsui, H, Juji, T, Sonozaki, H, Seki, H, Watanabe, N

HLA antigens were examined in 27 patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. HLA-B27 was found in none. The result was different from most other previously reported studies. The most likely...

Specific interaction of pancreatic elastase and leucocytes to produce oxygen radicals and its implication in pancreatitis.

Tsuji, N, Watanabe, N, Okamoto, T, Niitsu, Y

Many previous reports using experimental animal models of pancreatitis have suggested that oxygen free radicals play an important part in initiation and development of pancreatitis. Infiltration of...

In vitro anticolon antibody production by mucosal or peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with ulcerative colitis.

Hibi, T, Ohara, M, Toda, K, Hara, A, Ogata, H, Iwao, Y, ...

Serum anticolon antibody and in vitro anti-colon antibody production by peripheral blood and mucosal lymphocytes was investigated in patients with ulcerative colitis. The frequency of serum anticolon...

Diagnostic value of measurement of serum type I procollagen carboxy terminal peptides in patients with scirrhous carcinoma of the stomach.

Kohda, K, Ito, N, Ohwada, M, Morita, K, Watanabe, N, Kohgo, Y, ...

We have evaluated the radioimmunoassay for type I procollagen carboxy terminal peptide (type I C-peptide), which is liberated from type I procollagen during its conversion to collagen, in the...

Regression of fundic gland polyps following acquisition of Helicobacter pylori

Watanabe, N, Seno, H, Nakajima, T, Yazumi, S, Miyamoto, S, Matsumoto, S, ...

The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection is very low in patients with fundic gland polyps (FGPs) of the stomach. We report here two cases with multiple FGPs that regressed following new H...

Alteration of T cell maturation and proliferation in the mouse thymus induced by serum factors from patients with ulcerative colitis.

Watanabe, M, Aiso, S, Hibi, T, Watanabe, N, Iwao, Y, Yoshida, T, ...

Recently it has been reported that patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) often have thymus abnormalities, although the precise mechanisms which induce those abnormalities remain unclear. We have...

Localization of T cell receptor (TCR)-gamma delta + T cells into human colorectal cancer: flow cytometric analysis of TCR-gamma delta expression in tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes.

Watanabe, N, Hizuta, A, Tanaka, N, Orita, K

We analysed TCR-gamma delta expression in tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) obtained from 13 patients with colorectal cancer and simultaneously isolated the T lymphocytes from normal intestinal...

Nucleolar organiser regions as a marker of growth rate in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung.

Abe, S, Sukoh, N, Ogura, S, Kunikane, H, Watanabe, N, Nakajima, I, ...

BACKGROUND: The numbers of nucleolar organiser regions (AgNORs) per cell has been considered as an indicator of the cellular proliferative activity. A study was carried out to examine whether AgNOR...

Pituitary cretinism in two sisters.

Kohno, H, Watanabe, N, Ootsuka, M, Kajiwara, M, Gohya, N

Two sisters with cretinism are reported. Each showed low levels of serum triiodothyronine, thyroxine, and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). In the elder sister, serum TSH did not increase after...

Physiological roles of γδ T-cell receptor intraepithelial lymphocytes in cytoproliferation and differentiation of mouse intestinal epithelial cells

MATSUMOTO, S, NANNO, M, WATANABE, N, MIYASHITA, M, AMASAKI, H, SUZUKI, K, ...

In this study we aimed to elucidate the physiological role of γδ intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL) in the mouse intestine. For this purpose, we used T-cell receptor (TCR) Vγ4/Vδ5 transgenic mice...

Highly bright X-ray generator using heat of fusion with a specially designed rotating anticathode

Sakabe, N., Ohsawa, S., Sugimura, T., Ikeda, M., Tawada, M., Watanabe, N., ...

A very compact X-ray generator, 4.3 times more brilliant than can be attained by a conventional rotating-anticathode X-ray generator, has been developed using a U-shaped rotating anticathode and a...

Transforming growth factor beta 1 secreted from scirrhous gastric cancer cells is associated with excess collagen deposition in the tissue.

Mahara, K., Kato, J., Terui, T., Takimoto, R., Horimoto, M., Murakami, T., ...

To explore the mechanism of increased collagen deposition in scirrhous carcinoma of the stomach, an attempt was made to define the role of transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1), secreted...

Different biodistribution of 99mTc-labelled chimeric mouse-human monoclonal antibody between athymic mice model and human.

Oriuchi, N., Watanabe, N., Sugiyama, S., Higuchi, T., Imai, K., Yamanaka, H., ...

Biodistribution of chimeric mouse/human monoclonal antibody against non-specific cross-reacting antigen (chNCA Ab) was studied in athymic mice and patients with metastatic bone disease. 99mTc-chNCA...

Immunohistochemical identification of type I procollagen in tumour cells of scirrhous adenocarcinoma of the stomach.

Niitsu, Y., Ito, N., Kohda, K., Owada, M., Morita, K., Sato, S., ...

Human gastric carcinomas were tested for their immunohistochemical reactivity with anti-type I procollagen antiserum. In all specimens of scirrhous carcinomas, staining of the tumour cells was...

Telomerase reverse transcriptase and telomeric-repeat binding factor protein 1 as regulators of telomerase activity in pancreatic cancer cells

Yajima, T, Yagihashi, A, Kameshima, H, Kobayashi, D, Hirata, K, Watanabe, N

Telomerase adds hexameric repeats of 5′-TTAGGG-3′ termed telomeres to ends of chromosomal DNA. This enzyme has been implicated in cellular immortalization and cellular senescence. Recently, a...

Human TSLP directly enhances expansion of CD8+ T cells

Akamatsu, T, Watanabe, N, Kido, M, Saga, K, Tanaka, J, Kuzushima, K, ...

Human thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) promotes CD4+ T-cell proliferation both directly and indirectly through dendritic cell (DC) activation. Although human TSLP-activated DCs induce CD8+ T-cell...